Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE), a leader in LED solid-state lighting components, announced that the City of Austin today joined the LED City(tm) program. The LED City program is an international initiative to deploy and promote energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) lighting. Austin joins Toronto, Raleigh, NC, and Ann Arbor, MI, in evaluating and deploying state-of-the-art LED lighting technology across their municipal infrastructures.